Six out of control wildfires were burning in Alberta Monday morning — one of which has prompted evacuations in a small community near Edson.
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Getting rid of the tailings, a mix of sand, salt, clay, and residual
bitumen and solvents, would allow the industry and the province to clear
a multi-billion-dollar liability. The new rules, under development by
the two governments and industry, would “authorize discharges of treated
effluent,” the Globe states, “even though the sector’s biggest
companies have yet to show they can effectively clean the toxin-laced
water on a commercial scale.”
High Level, surrounding areas evacuated as wildfire burns in northwestern Alberta
High Level and surrounding communities have been placed on a mandatory evacuation order due to an out-of-control wildfire that is now burning about about three kilometres south of the town.
The
evacuation order was put in place at 4 p.m. Monday. About 4,000
residents from High Level are being told to leave their homes and go to
reception centres in Slave Lake and High Prairie. (Addresses for reception centre locations below).
Homes being evacuated in central Alberta after wildfire jumps highway | CBC News
The hamlet of Marlboro in central Alberta and nearby homes are being evacuated as an out-of-control wildfire encroaches on the community.
RCMP said homes are being evacuated on both the north and south sides of Highway 16, as several homes are at risk.
According to the Alberta wildfire website, the blaze covered 15 hectares as of 4:45 p.m. MT on Sunday.
Another out-of-control fire is raging west of High Level. The fire covered 25,000 hectares, and was expected to grow Sunday.
Highway 35 has been closed south of the town, and Alberta Emergency Alert has cautioned that parts of the town could lose power. Residents have been told to be prepared to leave in case the situation worsens.
Alberta environmentalist groups say they’re not scared of Kenney’s ‘war room’
“The war room makes for good theatre, but the people who follow this closely are going to look at this as amateur hour,” said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace.
“Chasing environmentalists might play well politically, but it’s not actually relevant to the discussion that Alberta and Canada need to be having,” added Simon Dyer of the clean-energy think tank Pembina Institute.
Both groups have been singled out by Kenney as examples of ones distorting the truth about the impact of the oilsands. The premier has said government staff will be tasked with responding quickly to what he calls myths and lies.
Kenney has also promised to fund lawsuits against offending environmentalists and to call a public inquiry into the role of money from U.S. foundations.
“Stay tuned,” Energy Minister Sonya Savage said Tuesday. “We’ll have something to talk about next week.”